Speaking of Fabric Choices

A while back Vicky sent me a whole bunch of fabric that she no longer loved. It was to be used in quilts I make and send to an orphanage in south Louisiana near where her brother lives.

This backing fabric is one Vicky sent me. When I first saw it, I thought . . hmmm . . not sure what I’ll use it for and it wasn’t something I would have bought but isn’t it a great backing for this quilt? If I had gone to the quilt shop to choose a backing fabric, I couldn’t have found a better fabric. The dots kinda coordinate with the dots in the fabric in the front.

Just goes to show . . even a fabric that isn’t your favorite can be just what you need some day.

Well done for making quilts for orphans – I have a friend who is a social worker here in Britain, and the kids who get quilts truly treasure them (when so much else has gone wrong with their lives…) It makes me really happy that I share a pass-time with so many giving people.

I’ve learned to hang on to pieces of fabric that I don’t think I’ll EVER use because there have been many instances when it’s turned out to be the perfect piece a year or so down the road. Don’t know exactly how or why that happens but the theory has proven itself out to me many times.

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